EP0647437A1 - Clamping device particularly useful for dental handpieces - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to clamping devices for clamping a rodlike member to a housing.
- the invention is particularly useful in dental handpieces for clamping the shaft of a dental tool, such as a bur or drill, to the handpiece, and the invention is therefore described below with respect to this application.
- dental handpiece to which the invention is especially suitable is an air turbine handpiece for driving a dental tool, such as a bur or drill, at extemely high speeds, e.g. of the order of 400,000 rpm.
- a dental tool such as a bur or drill
- the clamping devices for clamping the dental tool shaft are generally of relatively bulky construction which increases the size and weight of the handpiece, and/or requires relatively awkward manipulations in order to remove and insert the dental tool into the handpiece.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a clamping device for clamping a rodlike member to a housing, which clamping may be embodied in a relatively simple, lightweight construction that can be conveniently manipulated in order to remove and insert the rodlike member.
- a more particular object of the present invention is to provide a dental handpiece including a clamping device having the above advantages for clamping a dental tool thereto.
- a clamping device for clamping a rodlike member to a housing, comprising a tapered sleeve carried by the housing and having an inner diameter which increases from an open end thereof to its opposite end; a tapered collet received within the open end of the tapered sleeve; the tapered collet having an open end for receiving the rodlike member, and an inner diameter which decreases from its open end to its opposite end; the tapered collet being formed with an axial slit starting from its open end and extending along at least a part of its length, permitting the part to contract in diameter in order to firmly clamp the rodlike member when received in the tapered collet and the tapered collet is received within the tapered sleeve; a depressable button carried by the housing and having an inner surface engageable with the opposite end of the tapered collet, and an outer surface engageable by a user to depress the button; and a spring normally urging said button outwardly of the housing
- such a clamping device and particularly dental handpiece, can be constructed in the form of a simple, lightweight structure which is less tiresome for the operator to hold and which can be manipulated in a convenient manner for attaching thereto and removing therefrom various rodlike members, e.g. various dental tools to a dental handpiece.
- a dental handpiece including a housing, generally designated 2, having a hand-gripping section 4 at one end, and a tool-holding section 6 at the opposite end for holding a dental tool 8, such as a bur or drill.
- section 6 of housing 2 is further formed with a water spray nozzle 10 for discharging a water spray onto the site being worked by the dental tool 8.
- the dental handpiece illustrated in Fig. 1 is an air turbine handpiece in which compressed air is supplied, via a conduit 12 at the back end of the handpiece, to an air turbine within housing section 6 to rotate the dental tool 8 at a very high speed, e.g. in the order of 400,000 rpm.
- the rear end of the dental handpiece includes a further conduit 14 for introducing the water discharged in the form of a spray via nozzle 10 onto the working site of the dental tool.
- Fig. 2 shows, for purposes of example, the dental tool 8 as being of the bur type, including a shaft 8a of uniform diameter at one end, a bur 8b of spherical (or disc) shape at the opposite end, and a tapered juncture 8c between the shaft 8a and the bur 8b.
- the dental tool 8 could be of another type, e.g., a drill carried at the end of the shaft.
- housing section 6 includes an air turbine 20 formed with a plurality of blades 22 impinged by compressed air flowing from its inlet conduit 24 to its outlet conduit 26 in order to rotate the air turbine at a very high speed.
- Air turbine 20 is integrally formed with a sleeve 28 of tapered configuration.
- One end of sleeve 28 is open, as shown at 28a, for receiving the shaft 8a of the dental tool 8.
- the inner diameter of tapered sleeve 28 decreases from its open end 28a to its opposite end 28b, which is also open.
- Tapered sleeve 28 which, as noted above, is integrally formed with the air turbine 20, receives a tapered collet 30.
- Tapered collet 30 is also formed with an open end 30a received within the open end 28a of the tapered sleeve 28 for receiving the shaft 8a of the dental tool 8.
- the inner diameter of tapered collet 30 decreases from its open end 30a to its opposite end 30b. Its opposite end 30b is closed by an end wall or plug 32 formed within an enlarged head 34.
- Tapered collet 30 is further formed with three axial slits 36, equally-spaced around its circumference as shown in Fig. 3. Slits 36 start at its open end 30a and extend only for a part of the length of the collet towards opposite end 30b.
- slits 36 extend about two-thirds the length of the tapered collet 30. As will be described more particularly below, the slits 36 permit the respective section of the tapered collet to contract in order to firmly clamp therein the shaft 8a of the dental tool, or to expand in order to release the shaft for purposes of removing the dental tool or reinserting another dental tool in its place.
- Housing section 6 further includes two ball-bearing assemblies 40, 42, at the opposite sides of the axis of housing section 6 for rotatably mounting the air turbine 20, its tapered sleeve 28, the tapered collet 30, and the dental tool 8 when clamped therein, with respect to the housing.
- each ball-bearing assembly 40, 42 includes: a rotary ring 40a, 42a; a static ring 40b, 42b; and a plurality of balls 40c, 42c interposed between both rings.
- Housing section 6 further includes a vibration-absorbing O-ring 44, 46, for each of the ball-bearing assemblies 40, 42.
- Each O-ring 44, 46 is received within an annular recess 44a, 46a, formed in housing section 6 and bearing against the static ring 40b, 42b, of the respective assembly.
- Housing section 6 further includes a spring 48 baring against a plastic ring 50 e.g. of "Teflon” (Reg T.M.) for preloading the static part of the bearing in order to reduce vibration during the high-speed rotation of the dental tool.
- a plastic ring 50 e.g. of "Teflon” (Reg T.M.) for preloading the static part of the bearing in order to reduce vibration during the high-speed rotation of the dental tool.
- a similar plastic ring 52 is provided at the opposite end of the housing section 6 cooperable with bearing assembly 40.
- housing section 6 is closed by a collar 54 treadedly attached to the housing section and formed with a central opening 55 in which a button 56 is mounted to project through the opening.
- Button 56 is formed with an outwardly-projecting rim 58 around its circumference engageable by the edge of collar 54 circumscribing opening 55 receiving the button.
- An annular spring 60 is interposed between the housing section 6 and button 56. Spring 60 is engageable within inner surface 56a of the button to urge the button outwardly, limited by the engagement of rim 58 of the button with the undersurface of collar 54.
- Button 56 is depressable inwardly of the housing section 6 against spring 60, by pressing against the outer surface 56b of the button, to bring the inner surface 56a of the button into engagement with the enlarged head 34 of the tapered collet 30, and thereby to move the tapered collet outwardly of the tapered sleeve 28.
- the outer surface 56b of the button is manually engaged to depress button 56 against the action of spring 60.
- This causes the inner surface 56a of button 56 to engage the enlarged head 34 of the tapered collet 30, and to move the tapered collar outwardly of the tapered sleeve 28.
- the slits 36 formed in the outer two-thirds section of the tapered collet 30 permit that section of the tapered collet, moving outwardly of the tapered sleeve 28 to expand and thereby to release the shaft 8a of the dental tool.
- the dental tool may then be manually grasped and removed from the tapered collet 30.
- button 56 is again depressed to move the tapered collet 30 outwardly of the tapered sleeve 28, thereby providing a relatively large diameter for the tapered collet to receive the shaft 8a of the dental tool 8. While the button is still depressed, the dental tool is pushed inwardly into the tapered collet 30 until the end of the dental tool shaft 8a limits against the end wall 32 of the tapered collet. At that time, button 56 is released, whereupon spring 60 moves the button 56 slightly outwardly of the housing. The user then manually pushes the dental tool shaft 8a further inwardly into the housing.
- the tapered collet 30 and the tapered sleeve 28 both may have a taper of 1:40; the housing 4, including housing section 6, the air turbine 20 including its blades 22 and its tapered sleeve 28, and the tapered collet 30, may all be made of anodized aluminium; and both the inner and outer surfaces of the tapered collet 30 and the inner surface of the tapered sleeve 28 may be plated with hard electroless nickel.
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Abstract
A clamping device for clamping a rodlike member to a housing, particularly a dental tool to a handpiece, includes a tapered sleeve and a tapered collet received within the tapered sleeve, both having open ends for receiving the rodlike member, and inner diameters which decrease from their open ends to their opposite ends. The tapered collet is formed with an axial slit starting from its open end and extending along a part of its length towards its closed end, permitting the collet to contract in diameter in order to firmly clamp the rodlike member. A depressable button is engageable with the closed end of the tapered collet to move the collet outwardly of the tapered sleeve, thereby to expand the tapered collet and to permit removal or insertion of the rodlike member.
Description
- The present invention relates to clamping devices for clamping a rodlike member to a housing. The invention is particularly useful in dental handpieces for clamping the shaft of a dental tool, such as a bur or drill, to the handpiece, and the invention is therefore described below with respect to this application.
- One form of dental handpiece to which the invention is especially suitable is an air turbine handpiece for driving a dental tool, such as a bur or drill, at extemely high speeds, e.g. of the order of 400,000 rpm. In the existing air turbine handpieces, the clamping devices for clamping the dental tool shaft are generally of relatively bulky construction which increases the size and weight of the handpiece, and/or requires relatively awkward manipulations in order to remove and insert the dental tool into the handpiece.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a clamping device for clamping a rodlike member to a housing, which clamping may be embodied in a relatively simple, lightweight construction that can be conveniently manipulated in order to remove and insert the rodlike member. A more particular object of the present invention is to provide a dental handpiece including a clamping device having the above advantages for clamping a dental tool thereto.
- According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a clamping device for clamping a rodlike member to a housing, comprising a tapered sleeve carried by the housing and having an inner diameter which increases from an open end thereof to its opposite end; a tapered collet received within the open end of the tapered sleeve; the tapered collet having an open end for receiving the rodlike member, and an inner diameter which decreases from its open end to its opposite end; the tapered collet being formed with an axial slit starting from its open end and extending along at least a part of its length, permitting the part to contract in diameter in order to firmly clamp the rodlike member when received in the tapered collet and the tapered collet is received within the tapered sleeve; a depressable button carried by the housing and having an inner surface engageable with the opposite end of the tapered collet, and an outer surface engageable by a user to depress the button; and a spring normally urging said button outwardly of the housing but being depressable to move the tapered collet outwardly of the tapered sleeve, thereby to expand the part of the tapered collet to permit removal of the rodlike member from the tapered collet, or insertion of the rodlike member into the tapered collet.
- As will be more particularly apparent from the description below, such a clamping device, and particularly dental handpiece, can be constructed in the form of a simple, lightweight structure which is less tiresome for the operator to hold and which can be manipulated in a convenient manner for attaching thereto and removing therefrom various rodlike members, e.g. various dental tools to a dental handpiece.
- Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section view illustrating one form of dental handpiece constructed in accordance with the present invention;
- Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating the clamping device construction at the end of a handpiece for clamping shafts of various dental tools;
- and Fig 3. is a section view along line III--III of Fig. 2.
- With reference first to Fig. 1, there is illustrated a dental handpiece including a housing, generally designated 2, having a hand-gripping section 4 at one end, and a tool-
holding section 6 at the opposite end for holding adental tool 8, such as a bur or drill.section 6 ofhousing 2 is further formed with awater spray nozzle 10 for discharging a water spray onto the site being worked by thedental tool 8. The dental handpiece illustrated in Fig. 1 is an air turbine handpiece in which compressed air is supplied, via aconduit 12 at the back end of the handpiece, to an air turbine withinhousing section 6 to rotate thedental tool 8 at a very high speed, e.g. in the order of 400,000 rpm. The rear end of the dental handpiece includes afurther conduit 14 for introducing the water discharged in the form of a spray vianozzle 10 onto the working site of the dental tool. - Such dental handpieces are well known, and therefore further details of its construction are not set forth herein. The remainder of the description will, therefore, be directed primarily to the construction of the
housing section 6, and particularly to the clamping device within this housing section for clamping and removing thedental tool 8, as more particularly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. - Fig. 2 shows, for purposes of example, the
dental tool 8 as being of the bur type, including ashaft 8a of uniform diameter at one end, abur 8b of spherical (or disc) shape at the opposite end, and atapered juncture 8c between theshaft 8a and thebur 8b. It will be appreciated, however, that thedental tool 8 could be of another type, e.g., a drill carried at the end of the shaft. - As shown particularly in Fig. 3,
housing section 6 includes anair turbine 20 formed with a plurality ofblades 22 impinged by compressed air flowing from itsinlet conduit 24 to itsoutlet conduit 26 in order to rotate the air turbine at a very high speed.Air turbine 20 is integrally formed with asleeve 28 of tapered configuration. One end ofsleeve 28 is open, as shown at 28a, for receiving theshaft 8a of thedental tool 8. The inner diameter oftapered sleeve 28 decreases from itsopen end 28a to itsopposite end 28b, which is also open. - Tapered
sleeve 28 which, as noted above, is integrally formed with theair turbine 20, receives atapered collet 30. Taperedcollet 30 is also formed with anopen end 30a received within theopen end 28a of thetapered sleeve 28 for receiving theshaft 8a of thedental tool 8. The inner diameter oftapered collet 30 decreases from itsopen end 30a to itsopposite end 30b. Itsopposite end 30b is closed by an end wall orplug 32 formed within an enlargedhead 34. - Tapered
collet 30 is further formed with threeaxial slits 36, equally-spaced around its circumference as shown in Fig. 3. Slits 36 start at itsopen end 30a and extend only for a part of the length of the collet towardsopposite end 30b. - In the example illustrated in the drawings,
slits 36 extend about two-thirds the length of thetapered collet 30. As will be described more particularly below, theslits 36 permit the respective section of the tapered collet to contract in order to firmly clamp therein theshaft 8a of the dental tool, or to expand in order to release the shaft for purposes of removing the dental tool or reinserting another dental tool in its place. -
Housing section 6 further includes two ball-bearingassemblies housing section 6 for rotatably mounting theair turbine 20, itstapered sleeve 28, thetapered collet 30, and thedental tool 8 when clamped therein, with respect to the housing. Thus, each ball-bearingassembly rotary ring static ring balls -
Housing section 6 further includes a vibration-absorbing O-ring assemblies ring annular recess housing section 6 and bearing against thestatic ring -
Housing section 6 further includes aspring 48 baring against aplastic ring 50 e.g. of "Teflon" (Reg T.M.) for preloading the static part of the bearing in order to reduce vibration during the high-speed rotation of the dental tool. A similarplastic ring 52 is provided at the opposite end of thehousing section 6 cooperable withbearing assembly 40. - The latter end of
housing section 6 is closed by acollar 54 treadedly attached to the housing section and formed with acentral opening 55 in which abutton 56 is mounted to project through the opening.Button 56 is formed with an outwardly-projectingrim 58 around its circumference engageable by the edge ofcollar 54circumscribing opening 55 receiving the button. Anannular spring 60 is interposed between thehousing section 6 andbutton 56.Spring 60 is engageable withininner surface 56a of the button to urge the button outwardly, limited by the engagement ofrim 58 of the button with the undersurface ofcollar 54.Button 56, however, is depressable inwardly of thehousing section 6 againstspring 60, by pressing against theouter surface 56b of the button, to bring theinner surface 56a of the button into engagement with the enlargedhead 34 of thetapered collet 30, and thereby to move the tapered collet outwardly of thetapered sleeve 28. - It will thus be seen that in order to remove the
dental tool 8 from thehousing section 6, theouter surface 56b of the button is manually engaged to depressbutton 56 against the action ofspring 60. This causes theinner surface 56a ofbutton 56 to engage the enlargedhead 34 of thetapered collet 30, and to move the tapered collar outwardly of thetapered sleeve 28. When this occurs, theslits 36 formed in the outer two-thirds section of thetapered collet 30 permit that section of the tapered collet, moving outwardly of thetapered sleeve 28 to expand and thereby to release theshaft 8a of the dental tool. The dental tool may then be manually grasped and removed from thetapered collet 30. - When it is desired to insert another
dental tool 8,button 56 is again depressed to move thetapered collet 30 outwardly of thetapered sleeve 28, thereby providing a relatively large diameter for the tapered collet to receive theshaft 8a of thedental tool 8. While the button is still depressed, the dental tool is pushed inwardly into thetapered collet 30 until the end of thedental tool shaft 8a limits against theend wall 32 of the tapered collet. At that time,button 56 is released, whereuponspring 60 moves thebutton 56 slightly outwardly of the housing. The user then manually pushes thedental tool shaft 8a further inwardly into the housing. This also moves thetapered collet 30 further into the housing, until the enlargedhead 34 of the tapered collet limits against theinner surface 56a of thebutton 56, at which time thedental tool 8 is firmly clamped inhousing section 6 by the wedging action between thetapered collet 30 and thetapered sleeve 28. - In a preferred construction, the
tapered collet 30 and thetapered sleeve 28 both may have a taper of 1:40; the housing 4, includinghousing section 6, theair turbine 20 including itsblades 22 and itstapered sleeve 28, and thetapered collet 30, may all be made of anodized aluminium; and both the inner and outer surfaces of thetapered collet 30 and the inner surface of thetapered sleeve 28 may be plated with hard electroless nickel. - Where technical features mentioned in any claim are followed by reference signs, those reference signs have been included for the sole purpose of increasing the intelligibility of the claims and accordingly, such reference signs do not have any limiting effect on the scope of each element identified by way of example by such reference signs.
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- A clamping device for clamping a rodlike member to a housing, comprising:
a tapered sleeve carried by said housing and having an inner diameter which increases from an open end thereof to its opposite end;
a tapered collet received within said open end of the tapered sleeve; said tapered collet having an open end for receiving the rodlike member, and an inner diameter which decreases from its open end to its opposite end; said tapered collet being formed with an axial slit starting from its open end and extending along at least a part of its length, permitting said part to contract in diameter in order to firmly clamp the rodlike member when received in the tapered collet and the tapered collet is received within the tapered sleeve;
a depressable button carried by said housing and having an inner surface engageable with said opposite end of the tapered collet, and an outer surface engageable by a user to depress the button;
and a spring normally urging said button outwardly of the housing but being depressable to move the tapered collet outwardly of the tapered sleeve, thereby to expand said part of the tapered collet to permit removal of the rodlike member from the tapered collet or insertion of the rodlike member into the tapered collet. - The clamping device according to Claim 1, wherein said tapered collet is formed with a plurality of said axial slits equally spaced around the circumference of the tapered collet.
- The clamping device according to Claim 2, wherein said plurality of axial slits terminate short of said opposite end of the tapered collet.
- The clamping device according to any one of Claims 1-3, wherein said opposite end of the tapered collet is closed by an end wall formed with an enlarged head engageable by said inner surface of the depressable button.
- The clamping device according to any one of Claims 1-4, wherein said depressable button is received within an opening formed in a collar fixed to said housing, and said spring is an annular spring which urges the depressable button against the inner surface of the collar around said opening.
- The clamping device according to any one of Claims 1-5, wherein said tapered sleeve is carried by a rotary drive member.
- The clamping device according to Claim 6, wherein said rotary drive member is an air turbine having a plurality of blades for rotating said tapered collet and said rodlike member when clamped therein.
- The clamping device according to Claim 7, wherein said tapered sleeve is integrally formed with said air turbine.
- The clamping device according to any one of Claims 6-8, wherein said housing includes a bearing rotatably mounting said rotary drive member, tapered sleeve, tapered collar and rodlike member when clamped therein, with respect to said housing; said bearing including a static section and a rotatable section; said clamping device further including a resilient, vibration-absorbing O-ring interposed between the housing and the static section of the bearing.
- The clamping device according to any one of Claims 6-9, wherein said housing is a dental handpiece for receiving the rodlike shaft of a dental tool.
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